OpenAI’s awesome AI, ChatGPT, has been enhanced with amazing new powers. ChatGPT now have the ability to access the Internet, solve problems by running your own code, work with uploaded files, and create interfaces for third-party applications. These language models learn to communicate and solve problems on their own, based on a limited set of training data.
Although the data for ChatGPT comes from late 2021, the release of an ecosystem of plugins means that it now has exciting new abilities. Until now, the only ChatGPT output that the public can use has been text, but with this update, its capabilities are expected to increase even further.
First, you now have access to the Internet, allowing you to search for up-to-date information when you need it. It uses Bing to search for relevant results, and then navigates through the links it finds useful to find the best answer for the user. However, this ability is limited to reading, so you can’t do anything else online, avoiding the risk of engaging in dangerous practices.
Second, ChatGPT can now run the code you write and also upload and download files. This means that you can now solve problems and offer more advanced and personalized solutions for the user. However, all of these features are carefully monitored and controlled to prevent any potential security issues.
In addition, you can now formulate relevant search strings to find up-to-date answers on the web, and it provides links to relevant sources so users can browse for themselves. You can also run numeric calculations and work with different file formats, allowing you to perform operations and return results in different formats if needed.
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With a variety of third-party plugins available, users can search and set up flight, restaurant, lodging and car rental reservations, find and compare products, as well as access mathematical and computational powers thanks to a Wolfram|Alpha plugin.
Although its current capabilities are limited due to security concerns, the OpenAI developers are working to ensure that ChatGPT is used responsibly. The emergence of ChatGPT has caused other players in the AI industry to compete to develop similar technology, which could have huge consequences both positive and negative. As technology advances, the risks and opportunities are unparalleled. Although we are in uncharted territory, there is great excitement for what is to come. It is certainly an exciting time to be alive.